https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/en-ieRTÉ 2026-RTÉ Commercial Enterprises Ltd, Registration No: 155076, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, Ireland.Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:40:27 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0929/1593371-archaeologists-redraw-maps/A⁠rchaeologists are redrawing Roman maps of Switzerland after traces of long-buried ruins emerged as the country endured the hottest summer on record.Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:40:27 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0929/1593371-archaeologists-redraw-maps/News Lenshttps://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0924/1592712-ancient-wall-paris/An ancient wall discovered in central Paris was hailed as a "major breakthrough" as the archaeological find may have settled a long-standing debate about the location of the city's original settlement.Thu, 24 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0924/1592712-ancient-wall-paris/News Lenshttps://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0923/1592630-evacuation-wwii-bomb/An evacuation of more than 300 homes was under way after a suspected unexploded World War II device was found off the coast of Cornwall, England.Wed, 23 Sep 2026 08:28:42 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0923/1592630-evacuation-wwii-bomb/News Lenshttps://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0922/1592454-china-rubiks-cube/A six-year-old Chinese girl has set a new women's world record for solving a 3x3 Rubik's Cube in just over four seconds, China's state media reported.Tue, 22 Sep 2026 07:05:39 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0922/1592454-china-rubiks-cube/News Lenshttps://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0923/1592619-blue-diamond/A blue diamond ring of "extraordinary rarity" could fetch up to £2 million (€2.3m) when it goes under the hammer next month.Wed, 23 Sep 2026 07:26:37 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0923/1592619-blue-diamond/News Lenshttps://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0922/1592460-street-dancer-robot-agt/Chinese street dancer Wu Yufei has spent most of his 13-year career performing solo, but this year, he found some new partners - a crew of robots with sleek moves.Tue, 22 Sep 2026 07:37:19 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0922/1592460-street-dancer-robot-agt/News Lenshttps://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0921/1592315-3d-printed-coral-reefs/Irish scientists have been using 3D-printed coral reefs to help damaged coral recover off the Irish and French coasts.Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:44:39 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0921/1592315-3d-printed-coral-reefs/News Lenshttps://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0921/1592294-new-zealand-bird/A record number of New Zealanders turned out at the polls this month, not for national elections but to vote for their Bird of the Year - the critically endangered black robin.Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:24:03 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0921/1592294-new-zealand-bird/News Lenshttps://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0918/1592099-nobel-prize/This year's Nobel Prize winners, to be announced between 5 and 12 October, will receive 12 million kronor (€1.11 million) per discipline, up from 11 million in 2025, the Nobel Foundation said Friday.Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:50:19 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0918/1592099-nobel-prize/News Lenshttps://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0918/1592135-diana-revenge-dress/Princess Diana's "revenge dress" has gone on display in London ahead of its auction in December.Fri, 18 Sep 2026 18:54:48 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0918/1592135-diana-revenge-dress/News Lenshttps://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0917/1591854-moon-crater-discovered/A researcher at NASA has found a massive, recently-formed crater on the Moon, a rare occurrence that only happens "once in a century or even longer," according to scientists.Thu, 17 Sep 2026 08:18:44 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0917/1591854-moon-crater-discovered/News Lenshttps://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0917/1591850-history-uk/An enforcer for Henry VIII saved a Catholic book he was meant to destroy, a study suggests.Thu, 17 Sep 2026 07:35:37 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0917/1591850-history-uk/News Lenshttps://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0916/1591725-piddington-uk/An English village of around 350 people announced that a vast majority of residents had voted yes in an "independence referendum" to protest plans to house over 1,200 migrants in a nearby facility.Wed, 16 Sep 2026 08:30:38 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0916/1591725-piddington-uk/News Lenshttps://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0915/1591568-hyrox-beijing/The Hyrox athletics franchise has apologised for allowing an athlete to complete an event in Beijing despite soiling herself midway through, causing an outcry on social media.Tue, 15 Sep 2026 07:27:25 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0915/1591568-hyrox-beijing/News Lenshttps://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0912/1591256-beach-erosion-us/A music festival set to feature The Killers, Olivia Dean and Jack White was cancelled because the California beach where it was to be held has been eaten away by coastal erosion.Sat, 12 Sep 2026 01:05:46 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0912/1591256-beach-erosion-us/News Lenshttps://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0911/1591130-orangutans-indonesia-india/Indonesian authorities are working to repatriate five baby orangutans allegedly trafficked to India, where they were found motherless in a forest, Indonesia's forestry ministry has said.Fri, 11 Sep 2026 08:55:25 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0911/1591130-orangutans-indonesia-india/News Lenshttps://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0910/1591092-bayeux-tapestry-exhibition/London's Bayeux Tapestry exhibition has opened to a British public gripped by "mania" over the medieval artwork depicting the Norman conquest of England, on display outside France for the first time.Thu, 10 Sep 2026 18:13:04 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0910/1591092-bayeux-tapestry-exhibition/News Lenshttps://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0909/1590728-hotdrinksoesophageal-cancer/Very hot drinks increase the risk of oesophageal cancer, the largest study of its kind has concluded.Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:01:00 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0909/1590728-hotdrinksoesophageal-cancer/News Lenshttps://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0908/1590794-guinness-heist-uk/Detectives in Britain are investigating the "brazen heist" of more than 70,000 pints worth of Guinness from a depot in England.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 17:06:53 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0908/1590794-guinness-heist-uk/News Lenshttps://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0908/1590689-eiffel-tower-reopen/The Eiffel Tower is set to reopen today after staff walked out over the removal of women colleagues during a visit by a Hindu religious group which later apologised.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 07:33:10 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0908/1590689-eiffel-tower-reopen/Europehttps://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0907/1590531-dogs-cancer/When rescue dog Chloe is not tumbling across the grass on a farm outside India's tech capital Bengaluru, she is learning to sniff human breath for cancer with a little help from AI.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 07:28:57 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0907/1590531-dogs-cancer/News Lenshttps://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0905/1590328-mdma-ptsd-new-zealand/Two psychiatrists in New Zealand have won approval to prescribe pharmaceutical-grade MDMA to sufferers of severe post-traumatic stress disorder.Sat, 05 Sep 2026 07:00:01 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0905/1590328-mdma-ptsd-new-zealand/News Lenshttps://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2026/0903/1590231-irish-grass-to-be-laid-on-iconic-parc-de-princes-pitch/European champions Paris Saint-Germain are set to play their home games on Irish turf this season – after replacing its pitch at the Parc des Princes with 700 rolls of grass imported from Ireland.Thu, 03 Sep 2026 15:54:00 +0100https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2026/0903/1590231-irish-grass-to-be-laid-on-iconic-parc-de-princes-pitch/Soccerhttps://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0904/1590286-tesla-cybercab/Electric-vehicle maker Tesla announced the debut of its self-driving robotaxi, dubbed "Cybercab," in a bid to compete with the likes of Uber and Waymo.Fri, 04 Sep 2026 07:35:59 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0904/1590286-tesla-cybercab/News Lenshttps://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0902/1590031-music-memorabilia-auction/Memorabilia from the likes of Michael Jackson, The Beatles and Queen are among the lots in a music auction with a combined estimated value of £3 million (€3.49m).Wed, 02 Sep 2026 07:44:25 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0902/1590031-music-memorabilia-auction/Musichttps://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0901/1589985-male-fertility-treatment-denmark/Men in Denmark over the age of 55 will no longer qualify for fertility treatments in the public healthcare system due to health risks for the children conceived through the procedures, authorities have said.Tue, 01 Sep 2026 16:24:14 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0901/1589985-male-fertility-treatment-denmark/News Lenshttps://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0831/1589878-penguins-copper-suits/Chilean researchers have designed a therapeutic suit from copper and zinc to speed up the recovery of penguins after surgery for wounds often sustained when they become trapped in fishing ⁠nets.Mon, 31 Aug 2026 20:41:11 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0831/1589878-penguins-copper-suits/News Lenshttps://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0831/1589863-google-maps-lake-america-ontario/Google Maps has changed the name of "Lake Ontario" to "Lake America" for US users to reflect US President Donald Trump's executive order renaming the lake, according to a Google statement.Mon, 31 Aug 2026 17:30:04 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0831/1589863-google-maps-lake-america-ontario/News Lenshttps://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0830/1589729-roman-telescope/NASA has begun a new mission to probe some of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics and cosmology with the launch of the US space agency's new flagship ⁠astronomical observatory.Sun, 30 Aug 2026 18:56:53 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0830/1589729-roman-telescope/News Lenshttps://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0830/1589710-somalia-piracy/Piracy off the Horn of Africa has reached its highest levels since 2013, according to an AFP analysis based on data from the International Maritime Organization (IMO).Sun, 30 Aug 2026 12:23:02 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0830/1589710-somalia-piracy/News Lenshttps://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0829/1589665-king-haakon-norway/Norway has opened a new chapter in its history under King Haakon VIII, who is due to give a memorial speech after the death of his 89-year-old father King Harald.Sat, 29 Aug 2026 14:35:57 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0829/1589665-king-haakon-norway/News Lens